The Armed-Only Love LP (2018)

For their second LP "Only Love", Detroit punk/hardcore/experimental
collective THE ARMED returned to GodCity Studio to work with Converge
guitarist Kurt Ballou as executive producer. Continuing their signature
process of collaborating with different drummers on each release, this
time THE ARMED recruited Ben Koller (Converge, Killer Be Killed, Mutoid
Man, All Pigs Must Die). The partnership led to an entirely new creative
approach for the record, one that allowed them to achieve their most
wildly innovative work to date. The goal for "Only Love" was to reach an
overwhelming level of intensity without referencing the typical tent
poles of the genres they're associated with. By imagining they had never
heard punk, metal or hardcore and limiting references to pop and the
music of their youth, THE ARMED were able to arrive at an incredibly
intense, but wildly unique reinterpretation of aggressive music.

Three years removed from their debut LP, "Untitled" — an album that
gained recognition from the likes of Fader, NPR, Pitchfork, Rolling
Stone, Noisey, AV Club and many more — "Only Love" proves to be a
nonlinear progression within the collective's catalog, and they continue
to demonstrate that we will never know what to expect from them. (Press Note)

*This album is really refreshing! Really awesome forward-thing experimental hardcore/punk that refuses to deny being pigeonholed. Fans of Ink And Dagger, Thee Rise, and Shape Of Punk era Refused take note!

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